FOSTER CITY, Calif., - The venerable VPN, which has for decades provided remote workers with a secure tunnel into the enterprise network, is facing extinction as enterprises migrate to a more agile, granular security framework called zero trust, which is better adapted to today’s world of digital business, writes Neal Weinberg for Network World. Continue reading original article
The Intelligent Aerospace take:
December 5, 2019-Weinberg notes that a majority of enterprises will phase out most of their VPNs in favor of "zero trust" access to company networks by 2023. Zero trust requires that both the device and user are authenticated, which prevents malicious actors from stealing someone's VPN credentials. With traditional VPNs, contractors, third-party and supply-chain partners can create network vulnerabilities.
“The perimeter-based model of security categorically has failed,” Forrester principal analyst Chase Cunningham said to Weinberg. “And not from a lack of effort or a lack of investment, but just because it’s built on a house of cards. If one thing fails, everything becomes a victim. Everyone I talk to believes that.”
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